City Council Member Dai Thao to address his base: Hmong Eagle Scouts
Before he was a political mover and shaker, St. Paul City Council Member Dai Thao was an Eagle Scout –the highest rank a Boy Scout can achieve. It’s a rare honor within the scouts, and one that Dai...
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Brendmoen in, Thune out as new chair of St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment...
The word at St. Paul City Hall is there's a new development boss in town, at least when it comes to the city's influential Housing and Redevelopment Authority. The St. Paul HRA, which approves loans...
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St. Paul City Council supports Move MN transportation push
By Frederick Melo fmelo@pioneerpress.com The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday officially pledged its support to the “Move MN” campaign, a public effort to convince lawmakers to boost spending on...
View ArticleNationally, 54 (mostly Midwest) counties are back at pre-recession...
A new report from NACO — the National Association of Counties — looks at how counties have fared in 2012 – 2013 in terms of job growth and other evidence of economic output. The “County Tracker 2013:...
View ArticleTodd Pufahl to replace Jim Brady as longtime president of Laborers District...
The Laborers District Council of Minnesota and North Dakota — the union that represents the St. Paul Department of Public Works workers, among other groups — is undergoing a change in leadership. After...
View ArticleChris Coleman publishes advice to Congress in The Hill newspaper
On the same day as President Obama’s State of the Union address, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has published an opinion piece in The Hill, Washington DC’s ubiquitous congressional newspaper, urging...
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2013 was a busy development year for downtown St. Paul, West 7th Street
2013 was a busy year for St. Paul’s Ward 2 area, the political ward that encompasses downtown and much of Summit Hill, the West Side and West Seventh Street. How busy was it? According to St. Paul City...
View ArticleWhen will Amtrak move to Union Depot? Good question…
Fans of passenger rail travel have been waiting for months to find out when Amtrak will relocate from its existing station on Transfer Road in St. Paul to the recently revitalized Union Depot on...
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Disability consultant: St. Paul Saints ballpark may be most accessible in the...
When the St. Paul Saints throw out the first pitch at the new regional ballpark in Lowertown next year, they won’t just be doing so at one of the more advanced baseball stadiums in the country when it...
View ArticleHomelessness, affordable housing and gentrification in St. Paul
There’s been a lot of discussion in Ramsey County and St. Paul lately about homelessness, affordable housing and gentrification, three related issues that the Scoop finds difficult but fascinating to...
View ArticlePresident Obama may give Lowertown hipsters a little nod
President Obama is at the Union Depot today (Feb. 26) to outline a $302 billion transportation plan for the nation. He’ll definitely be talking transit. But hipsters may get a little mention, too. The...
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Saints tickets will be same price or lower — except behind home plate
Season tickets at the St. Paul Saints’ future regional ballpark in downtown St. Paul are up for sale to current season ticket-holders — and they’re structured pretty differently than the season tickets...
View ArticleSt. Paul Police Federation, neighborhood groups oppose Dorothy Day relocation
The land use committee of the Dayton’s Bluff Community Council went on the record Monday night with its opposition to the proposed Dorothy Day Center relocation to 321 Groves St., near the Ramsey...
View ArticleIn 64B, “radical pro-choice lesbian feminist” Zaiger defends her “C” rating...
If the six candidates for state Rep. Michael Paymar’s seat (which represents Highland Park and the city’s southwest corners) seem to share identical political leanings on paper, here’s one who stands...
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St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman dons a hairnet at Bit-O-Honey debut
BREAKING NEWS: Extra extra, this just in! The big news, on the surface, is that Pearson’s Candy (established 1909) acquired Bit-O-Honey (established 1924) last year and officially began production on...
View ArticleKing Fuvi declares Central Corridor Light Rail transcendent
Streetcars… to light rails … check it… I’m proud to walk in my old shoes. Drive around man, that’s old news… Light rail transport, ready to explore, yet it’s not ready to Two-Zero-One-Four! Twin Cities...
View ArticleGoodbye Greg Mack, Art Coulson, Paul Williams, Joe Campbell, Allen Lovejoy,...
A guy spots a sign on a door that says “Mangoes” so he steps on through. Get it? Maybe not, but the following folks sure have. On Kellogg Boulevard, the almost spring-like weather has apparently...
View ArticleCouncil Member Dave Thune on St. Pat’s parade, downtown development and...
On Friday morning, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman joined the co-chairs of a business task force to unveil ambitious concept drawings for the vacant Macy’s department store, the empty Kellogg Boulevard...
View ArticleYou forgot the Garrick Theater. YOU FORGOT THE GARRICK!
Not long ago, an intrepid reporter for the Pioneer Press mentioned downtown St. Paul’s many old movie houses, most of them long shuttered or even demolished, in a piece on the proposed revival of the...
View ArticleTwin Cities Army Ammunition Plant would become 3 neighborhoods
At the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Arden Hills, 43 out of 44 buildings have been torn down, and that’s a good thing. It’s the one-year anniversary of the start of clean-up at TCAAP, and the...
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